Bound
for Nowhere: The St. Louis Episode documents one of the
Jewish community’s efforts to save Jews fleeing Nazi Germany and
records the indifference on the part of many nations – including
the US – to their plight. The JDC produced this film to record what
it thought would be a successful effort to save over 900 Jews, including
200 children, by sailing them from Nazi Germany to Cuba on the ship, the
St. Louis. When Cuba refused to allow the passengers to land,
the ship sailed to the Miami area where the US government also barred
the refugees’ entrance.

The St.
Louis languished in the waters around Cuba while the JDC searched
for countries to accept the refugees. Finally, some European countries
accepted them and the St. Louis returned to Europe to, the narrator
states with unintended irony, “a new and better life.” Tragically,
most of these refugees ended up in countries subsequently occupied by
Germany and ultimately lost their lives in the Holocaust.

Includes
an in-depth 50-page study guide prepared by Elliot Lefkowitz, director
of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois.

Home Use DVD:
$25

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